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91´ó»ÆѼ Rockets dumped by Blazers at Prospera Place

Kamloops dominate 91´ó»ÆѼ in 7-3 win
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91´ó»ÆѼ’s Hiroki Gojsic battles for the puck against Kamloops players in a 7-3 loss to the Blazers on Feb. 11, 2024. (STEVE DUNSMOOR/KELOWNA ROCKETS PHOTO)

The 91´ó»ÆѼ Rockets fell 7-3 to the Kamloops Saturday (Feb. 10) splitting a home-at-home series with their rivals.

Kamloops opened the scoring on a goal by Kai Matthew at 6:37 of the first period.

91´ó»ÆѼ then responded with two unanswered goals, by Andrew Cristall (30) at 9:43 and Caden Price (9), on the power play, at 13:31.

Hiroki Gojsic and Trae Johnson assisted on Cristall’s goal and Gabriel Szturc and Cristall helped out on Price’s marker.

In the second period, the Blazers stormed back with three straight goals from Emmitt Finnie, with two, and Harrison Brunicke, who scored on the power play.

The Rockets’ Luke Schelter opened the scoring in the third period with his 10th of the season at 7:34.

However, it was all Kamloops after that as Finnie added two more for a four-goal night and Matthew potted his second of the game for a 7-3 Blazers win.

Kamloops out-shot the Rockets 41-29 and both teams were one for two on the power play.

This was the sixth of eight meetings between the teams with Kamloops leading 3-2-1-0.

The Rockets’ record is now 24-25-3-0 and are seventh in the Western Conference.

91´ó»ÆѼ will host the Spokane Chiefs on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at Prospera Place at 7:05 pm.

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